LA Times cuts Monday standalone biz section
The Los Angeles Times has announced that it is cutting its standalone business section on Mondays. Business-oriented stories will appear inside the main news section that day. The Times joins other metro newspapers in the past two years that have made a similar move. Newspapers that have cut their Monday standalone sections include the Baltimore […]
New York paper changes financial data
The Albany Times Union in upstate New York said Friday that it has updated its financial data in its business section, with expanded currency exchange rates, additional commodities prices and a summary of the best and worst performing local company stocks A brief in the paper states, “Called ‘Markets at a Glance,’ the new presentation […]
Nightly Business Report to feature more analysis, less stock coverage
Elizabeth Jensen of The New York Times reports that the makeover at the PBS show “Nightly Business Report” means less coverage of the stock market and more analysis. Jensen writes, “The makeover will include new virtual sets, graphics and music, additions to the roster of commentators, and something decidedly not cosmetic: an approach that will […]
Why isn't my paper carrying more business coverage?
San Jose Mercury News columnist Mike Cassidy asked readers for comments about the newspaper, and one of the readers complained about the lack of business coverage. Here is an excerpt: Issue: “The majority of your subscribers are college-educated, high-tech workers,” writes Pankaj Dixit of Sunnyvale. “These people are interested in the business news. But you […]
Harvard Business Review overhaul gets it right
Steve Smith of MinOnline reviews the reworked Harvard Business Review — both in print and online — and comes away impressed. Smith writes, “But the look of the new HBR and the editorial process behind it is very much a cross-platform affair now. We felt that tying everything around the HBR brand and bringing the […]
Missouri paper makes changes to business page
The Sedalia Democrat, a Freedom newspaper in Missouri, announced changes to its business page in its Sunday newspaper. City editor Aaron Walther writes, “As part of this effort, we will be moving our business page from Saturday to Monday beginning Jan. 4. We feel Monday’s newspaper is a better place for business news since it […]
New Harvard Biz Review site rolls out
Gautam Kumar of the Harvard Crimson writes Friday about the new Web site for the Harvard Business Review. Kumar writes, “But increasing hits on the Web site — which took over one million unique hits this past October — prompted the publication’s leaders to consider also how that content’s accessibility might be improved, Macht said. […]
The overhaul at Harvard Business Review
Stephanie Clifford of The New York Times writes Friday about the changes made at the Harvard Business Review to give it more appeal to a broader set of readers. Clifford writes, “The first part of that is making Harvard Business Review more current. “When the Review was founded in 1922, it dispensed Harvard Business School […]
SABEW launches redesigned site
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers unveiled its redesigned Web site on Wednesday morning that is much easier to read and find information. The site uses a lighter blue background that fades as the page drops down. Previously, the top of the page had been black. New features on the site include a […]
California paper to cut biz section during week
The San Luis Obispo County Tribune announced Monday that its business section would be trimmed several days during the week. The paper’s editor is Sandy Duerr, who was president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 1991 when she was with the Louisville Courier-Journal. Duerr writes, “Savings in newsprint allows The Tribune […]
